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5 Useful Tips to Elevate your Bar Menu and Drinks Program

Chilled Magazine

For example, if you are a tiki bar, then you want your menu to reflect cocktails, liquors, beers, and flavors that match a tropical and Caribbean theme, i.e. rums and frozen drinks. Implement a cocktail menu that uses different spirits, such as vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and whiskey and different flavor profiles.

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Can a Cocktail Have Too Many Ingredients? Bartenders Weigh In

VinePair

By the time the tiki craze was underway in the ‘30s and ‘40s, it was par for the course to see drinks containing over seven ingredients and multiple expressions of rum layered on top of one another. Or we could be talking about a sports bar where the situation is more easygoing — beers and shots, traditionally.

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We Asked 15 What’s the Best New Rum That’s Earned a Spot on Your Bar? (2024)

VinePair

For years, much of American cocktail culture treated rum as little more than a summertime spirit or a match for Coke and ginger beer. is embracing rums in every facet. With this in mind, bartenders and beverage directors have grown increasingly interested in the new and small-batch rums popping up on shelves.

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The Ultimate Guide for the Sober October Challenge

A Bar Above

PainLESS This tropical treat is a nod to the classic Painkiller cocktail, but without the rum. Double strain into a Hurricane or Tiki glass filled with pebble ice, topping with more ice if needed. Garnish with grated nutmeg and a pineapple slice. Copyright A Bar Above, generated with AI Other Non-Alcoholic Beverages Need other ideas?

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Guide to Easy Rum Mixed Drinks

Moody Mixologist

Mixing up rum-based cocktails at home doesn’t have to be complicated. There are a lot of mixers that go well with both light and dark rums, making it possible to have a great drink with as little as two or three ingredients! Types of rum cocktails There are several different categories of rum cocktails to choose from.

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We Asked 10 Bartenders: What’s the Easiest Cocktail to Master?

VinePair

It’s known as a Cuba Libre when mixed with rum from Cuba, and there’s the more trendy Batanga cocktail with Coke and tequila. There are many ways people make a Moscow Mule, but the one that bothers me is pouring a one-and-one of vodka and ginger beer and calling it a cocktail. It elevates the drink to top-tier status.”

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Rooftop LA Rum Fest Set For End Of August In DTLA

PubClub

The LA Rum Festival is a paradise for rum lovers. Photo: Lee Joseph/Reverberations Media If you say “mmm” when you think of rum, then the LA Rum Fest is for you. Also known as the California Rum Fest SoCal Edition, it takes place Thursday, Aug. Rum Festivals are more than a tasting experience.

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